January 23, 2018The Alberto Jonás Piano School is opening its doors this May, 2018!The Alberto Jonaás Piano School, of which I am a Co-founder and Artistic Director , will be opening its doors for the first season this May in Valencia, Spain. For more information visit:http://escuelaalbertojonas.com

October 9, 2017Currently on tour with violinist Anna Margrethe Nilsen with the Complete Grieg Sonatas for Violin and Piano

At her New York orchestral debut with conductor Philippe Entremont, shortly followed by a second invitation, Petrova was noted for her “ultra-smooth playing style”- New York Fine Arts Examiner. She is currently on the Piano Faculty at Sam Houston State University and performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician.

This season Petrova is in Norway and Spain with Norwegian violinist Anna Margrethe Nilsen on a CD release tour with the Complete Grieg Sonatas for violin and piano (Centaur Records, 2017). As the pianist of the clarinet-viola-piano trio Iris, Petrova will tour Canada and Germany with an innovative program of classical repertoire paired with works by living composers. She has been involved intensely in the founding and launching of the Alberto Jonás International School of Music in Valencia, Spain, which will open its door this June. Other activities include return engagements as a soloist in the US and Spain, a masterclass in the Jose Iturbi Valencia Conservatory, and chamber music appearances at festivals in the US and Europe. Currently, she is working on a two-CD set of the complete piano sonatas of Russian composer Samuil Feinberg for NAXOS.
A solo recital CD as well as a number of chamber music recordings will be released on Centaur Records in 2018.

Highlights of recent seasons include a recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta, Virginia Arts Festival (NAXOS, 2016); a solo tour of Chile; a masterclass and solo recital in Beijing, China, and performances of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, Prokofiev First and Third Piano Concertos, and the Beethoven Triple Concerto. At her return engagement with the Monterey Symphony Orchestra, CA, the Peninsula Reviews wrote: “There was a lot of vitality in her crisp playing […]bringing out in Petrova an impetuous excitement that stirred the audience to its feet at its conclusion.”- Lyn Bronson.

Prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the José Roca (Spain), Bösendorfer (Bulgaria) and Maria Yudina (Russia), Petrova was a semifinalist at the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition in Belgium, where she performed as a soloist with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia under Paul Goodwin. Other conductors she has played with include Max Bragado-Darman, Bruno Aprea, Ramón Tébar, Francisco Valero – Terribas, and Jonathan Pasternack.
She has given solo recitals in halls such as Carnegie’s Weil Recital Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Brussels’ Conservatoire Royal, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, Vienna’s Bösendorfer Hall, Auditorio Ciudad de Leon and Palau de la Musica in Spain.
Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio Performance Today, New York’s WQXR, Chicago’s WFMT, and Bulgarian National Radio and Television.

Petrova holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music, where her main teachers have been Horacio Gutiérrez and André-Michel Schub.
Her future engagements include Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and a North-American tour with violist Molly Carr with a program by American and English composers (Carter, Liebermann, Bridge and Clarke.)

Petrova, appearing for the first time as soloist with the Monterey Symphony, won the hearts of the audience with a sparkling performance of the outer movements and charmed us with her sweet playing of the aria-like second movement. There was a lot of vitality in her crisp playing, and she made the most of Mozart’s surprising excursions into unexpected tonalities and moments of Sturm und Drang. It was in the final Rondo movement that she made her strongest impression, for it was Mozart at his best, bringing out in Petrova an impetuous excitement that stirred the audience to its feet at its conclusionLyn BronsonPeninsula Reviewsread more

Among her artistic gifts, Petrova knows how to portray the beauty of the silence between the notes. The Andante movement proved especially breathtaking.Barbara Rose ShulerMonterey Heraldread more

Pianist Anna Petrova handled the numerous trills throughout the piece with ease. Her ultra-smooth playing style belied the fact the piano is essentially a percussion instrument...Eugene ChanNew York Fine Arts Examiner

Beyond her considerable technical command, the first and main surprise was her accute interpretative personality, which she showed since the first note...A complete artist...LEVANTEread more

...stunning performance at Nelson's Capital Theatre. When completed, an unprecedented standing ovation, amidst loud “Bravo's,” burst loose – before the Chopin/Beethoven concert's intermission! A feat never witnessed before by long standing members of the Nelson Overture Concerts Society.

When Anna Petrova reached the Rondo – Vivace, the last movement, she was simply supreme. Enjoying the advantage of her Eastern European origins and upbringing, she gave expression to Chopin's Mazurka – Polish folk dance ryhtms – as no other. It was impossible to sit still and not be drawn into the piece...Hans DekkersNelson Star

Calm and assured on the stage, the pianist exuded a deep feeling of having everything under control. It didn’t matter how difficult the works performed were: Anna Petrova seemed to have always a very clear idea of the quality of sound that she was looking for and how to achieve it. Each gesture and type of touch seemed to have been thought out, studied, and interiorized. Thanks to this, she was able to achieve very solid interpretations of the pieces, coherent from beginning to end and with a recognizable personal stamp...Roberto San JuanMUNDOCLASSICOread more

Anna captured the audience in her native Plovdiv with an exquisite recital during the Chamber Music Festival. She played impressively, precise, elegant, mature, memorably....with incredible creative power and spark - as only she can...Maritza, Bulgaria

This young bulgarian pianist, residing in New York, came back to Leon to offer a recital where she exhibited again a solid artistic maturity, that seems to spring both from her technical and intellectual command of the pieces, achieved after an obvious process of their interiorization and assimilation...MUNDOCLASSICOread more

Upcoming Performances

May 28, 2018Residency at Festival Malaga...

August 1, 2018Recording Project with violi...

February 8, 2019Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos...

May 8 - May 20thNaxos CD release tour of Ch...

Past Performances

April 20, 2018NOVEL VOICES Project...

April 15, 2018Recording Iris trio:...

April 14, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

April 12, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

April 11, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

April 9, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

April 8, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

April 6, 2018Iris trio on tour: H...

March 22, 2018Virginia Arts Festiv...

March 16, 2018Solo Recital at Maie...

March 3, 2018Music at Memorial Se...

March 2, 2018Music at Memorial Se...

February 16, 2018Duo Recital with Mol...

February 5, 2018Duo Recital with Mol...

February 2, 2018Duo Recital with Mol...

November 19, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

November 2, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

October 8, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

September 17, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

September 16, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

September 14, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

September 10, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

September 10, 2017Complete Grieg Sonat...

August 26, 2017Residency at CCCMF, ...

April 22, 2017Rachmaninoff Rhapsod...

February 26, 2017Recital with Rebecca...

February 2-3, 2017CENTAUR RECORDS SESS...

January 28-29, 2017CENTAUR RECORDS SESS...

January 14, 2017Chamber Music Concer...

January 9, 2017Recital with Anna Ni...

December 12, 2016Chamber music concer...

December 10, 2016Solo recital and Mas...

November 4, 2016Chamber music concer...

October 30, 2016Chamber music concer...

October 23, 2016Beethoven Triple Con...

October 22, 2016Beethoven Triple Con...

October 21, 2016Beethoven Triple Con...

October 18, 2016TRIO RECITAL

October 1-7, 2016NAXOS RECORDING SESS...

September 22, 2016Faculty Gala at SHSU

August 20, 2016Crescent City Chambe...

August 15, 2016Crescent City Chambe...

July 7, 2016Chamber music recita...

April 22, 2016Solo Piano Recital

March 29, 2016Faculty Chamber Musi...

March 22, 2016Duo recital with vio...

March 18, 2016Chamber Music Concer...

February 12, 2016Duo Recital with vio...

January 22, 2016Two piano recital wi...

December 8, 2015Prokofiev Concerto N...

September 21, 2015Chamber Music Concer...

July 12, 2015Duo Academie Lausann...

July 4, 2015Residency at Duo Aca...

June 14, 2015Prokofiev Piano Conc...

June 12, 2015Prokofiev Piano Conc...

May 25 - June 7, 2015Residency at Malaga#...

May 14, 2015Chamber Music at the...

May 12-14, 2015Chamber Music at the...

April 22, 2015Solo Recital

April 16, 2015Chamber Music Recita...

March 1-8, 2015Music@Menlo Winter R...

February 10, 2015Chamber Music Recita...

January 16, 2015Chamber Music Recita...

December 20, 2014Music of Janacek and...

December 4, 2014Chamber Music Recita...

November 5, 2014Solo Recital at Dame...

September 8, 2014New Faculty Recital

July 13, 2014 to August 10, 2014Summer Residency at ...

June 4, 2014Closing concert Moza...

June 3, 2014Artist in residence ...

June 2, 2014Artist in residence ...

June 1, 2014Artist in residence ...

May 30, 2014Residency at Málaga...

May 29, 2014Residency at Málaga...

May 27, 2014Residency at Málaga...

May 26, 2014Residency at Málaga...

May 18 - May 25, 2014Masterclasses at Má...

May 15, 2014Chamber Music Perfor...

May 14, 2014Chamber Music Perfor...

May 3, 2014Chamber Music Concer...

March 25, 2014Chamber Music Recita...

March 17, 2014Chamber Music Concer...

March 16, 2014Chamber Music Concer...

February 12, 2014Benefit Recital for ...

January 19, 2014Chamber Music Recita...

December 18, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

December 17, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

November 4, 2013Private Solo Recital

October 16, 2013Concerto Performance...

October 13, 2013Chamber music recita...

October 12, 2013Chamber music recita...

June 14, 2013Solo recital

June 9, 2013Solo recital

May 26, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 25, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 24, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 23, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 21, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 20, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

May 14, 2013Chamber Music Perfor...

May 13, 2013Chamber Music Perfor...

May 11, 2013Chamber Music at 13t...

May 2, 2013Chamber Music Concer...

January 28, 2013Private Benefit Reci...

January 27, 2013Soloist with the Mon...

January 26, 2013Soloist with the Mon...

January 25, 2013Soloist with the Mon...

October 14, 2012Soloist with Virgini...

December 5, 2011Messiaen Quartet for...

September 15, 2011Private Recital

May 11, 2011Solo Recital

February 22, 2011Solo Recital

February 15, 2011Solo Recital

February 13, 2011Solo Recital

February 8, 2011Solo Recital

Novel VoicesNovel Voices, the newest branch of the non-profit called Project: Music Heals Us, is a project created to help raise awareness, through art, about the lives and struggles of refugees across the globe, while also educating its participants and audiences on what can be done to help and how the layman can get involved.read more...

Alberto Jonás International School of MusicThe Alberto Jonás International School of Music, founded as a personal initiative of pianists Josu De Solaun and Anna Petrova, with the double objective of honoring the memory of the illustrious Spanish pianist and of sharing with the new generations of musicians the knowledge gathered during their more than 15 years of musical and pianistic studies in the USA.read more...

Iris Trio“The Iris Trio engaged with the piece with sensitivity and great tonal beauty, and brilliantly mastered its high technical demands. Definitely music and musicians that invite you to listen again and again!” (Evelyn Meining, Artistic Director, Mozartfest Würzburg)read more...